John 20:4
The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first.
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- 2 Sam 18:23 : 23 But he said,“Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab said to him,“Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.
- Lev 13:30 : 30 the priest is to examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is scall, a disease of the head or the beard.
- 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have.
- 1 Cor 9:24 : 24 Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.
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- John 20:1-33 verses92%
1 The Resurrection Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance.
2 So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them,“They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3 Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb.
- John 20:5-1511 verses82%
5 He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in.
6 Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there,
7 and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus’ head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself.
8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed.
9 (For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.)
10 Jesus’ Appearance to Mary Magdalene So the disciples went back to their homes.
11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet.
13 They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus.
15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”
- Luke 24:12-132 verses78%
12 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth; then he went home, wondering what had happened.
13 Jesus Walks the Road to Emmaus Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.
- Matt 28:7-82 verses75%
7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples,‘He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.’ Listen, I have told you!”
8 So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
- Luke 24:1-33 verses75%
1 The Resurrection Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared.
2 They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb,
3 but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
- Mark 16:2-54 verses75%
2 And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb.
3 They had been asking each other,“Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”
4 But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back.
5 Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed.
- John 18:15-162 verses73%
15 Peter’s First Denial Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas.(Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest’s courtyard.)
16 But Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside.
- Mark 16:7-82 verses73%
7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”
8 Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.
- Matt 28:1-22 verses72%
1 The Resurrection Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it.
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20 Peter and the Disciple Jesus Loved Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them.(This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus’ chest at the meal and asked,“Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?”)
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24 Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him.”
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22 Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
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17 Speaking with Martha and Mary When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already.
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20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
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18 Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples,“I have seen the Lord!” And she told them what Jesus had said to her.
- Matt 27:60-612 verses68%
60 and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away.
61 (Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.)
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12 Then John’s disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus.
- John 21:7-82 verses68%
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,“It is the Lord!” So Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, tucked in his outer garment(for he had nothing on underneath it), and plunged into the sea.
8 Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards.
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24 The Response of Thomas Now Thomas(called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
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2 Simon Peter, Thomas(called Didymus), Nathanael(who was from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of his were together.
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33 So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together
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31 Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there.
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9 and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.
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20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
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44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”
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52 but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind.